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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Creates class of owner-occupied dwellings of 5 or less/limits effective tax rates for all classes/extends home exemption to owner-occupied property of 5 units or less. Retroactive to July 1, 2020.)"
+description: "AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Creates class of owner-occupied dwellings of 5 or less/limits effective tax rates for all classes/extends home exemption to owner-occupied property of 5 units or less. Retroactive to July 1, 2020.)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
+legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 8016"
+citation: "Rhode Island HB 8016 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Central Falls", "Housing", "Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Giraldo"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 10
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-06-09"
+last_action: "2020-06-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7479c219-e300-4779-8c1b-91b0669c56d5"
+source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
+source_hash: "50df5c630164edb1372d7a8b7daddd058991526f3101c33d0b9e4caaf9c7f398"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
+---
+
+# Rhode Island HB 8016 (2020) — AN ACT RELATING TO TAXATION -- LEVY AND ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL TAXES (Creates class of owner-occupied dwellings of 5 or less/limits effective tax rates for all classes/extends home exemption to owner-occupied property of 5 units or less. Retroactive to July 1, 2020.)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **8016** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText20/HouseText20/H8016.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Giraldo — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-09** 06/09/2020 Introduced, referred to House Municipal Government `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-09** 06/09/2020 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (06/11/2020)
+- **2020-06-11** 06/11/2020 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-15** 06/15/2020 Placed on the House Consent Calendar (06/17/2020)
+- **2020-06-17** 06/17/2020 House read and passed `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/18/2020)
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Senate passed in concurrence `passage`
+- **2020-06-18** 06/18/2020 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-26** 06/26/2020 Effective without Governor's signature `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7479c219-e300-4779-8c1b-91b0669c56d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).
+